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Online Safety Rapid Insights Reporting

OFCOM

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

AwardUpdate

28 Sep 2026 at 09:10

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
AwardUpdate

28 Sep 2026 at 09:07

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Award

06 Aug 2026 at 11:14

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

16 Jul 2026 at 15:36

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Ofcom commissioned rapid insight reporting on emerging online safety threats, technologies and services. The work uses unique datasets to produce insight reports and more detailed risk grading of the platforms Ofcom identifies as highest risk, together with bespoke bulletins responding to pre-identified threats or significant issues. This is a specialist data and database service, rather than a general research or technology supply. Ofcom is the buyer, and the requirement supports its work on online safety. No delivery location is identified in the procurement details, so the scope is best understood as reporting and analysis supplied to Ofcom rather than work tied to a named site.

The procurement is complete and Ofcom awarded the contract to Child Rescue Coalition. The award was dated 6 August 2026 and is valued at £390,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 9 October 2026 to 7 October 2029, on a three-year basis structured as three 12-month increments. Ofcom used a direct award, citing Child Rescue Coalition’s intellectual property rights over the unique datasets needed for the rapid reporting. The requirement was a single lot, considered suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The award is active. The contract value and dates were amended from earlier figures; the current award details are those stated here. No evaluation criteria are recorded.

For a supplier hoping to compete for a similar requirement from Ofcom, the key commercial barrier is access to distinctive datasets and the rights needed to use them for rapid online safety analysis. Credibility would also depend on turning taskings about emerging threats, technologies and services into timely, decision-useful insight reports, granular risk grading of high-risk platforms, and bespoke threat bulletins. Suppliers would need the analytical capability to identify and assess risk across online platforms, alongside reliable data services and database handling. The award demonstrates that Ofcom buys this work as a specialist service and may use a direct award where exclusive dataset rights justify a single supplier. A competing provider would therefore need a demonstrably differentiated data asset and the ability to deliver the reporting outputs, not simply general research or database expertise.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Online Safety Rapid Insights Reporting

Notice Description

Provision of rapid insight generation, using unique datasets, in response to Ofcom taskings on emerging threats, technologies and services. Insight reports and more granular risk grading on highest risk platforms at the request of Ofcom. Bespoke bulletins in response to a pre-identified threat or areas of significance.

Procurement Information

Child Rescue Coalition hold the intellectual propoerty rights for the unique datasets used to generate the rapid insight reporting required.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd23
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091245-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72300000 - Data services

72320000 - Database services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£390,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Aug 20262 months ago
Contract Period
9 Oct 2026 - 7 Oct 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OFCOM
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 9HA
Postcode Area
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Borough & Bankside
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Child Rescue Coalition

Further Information

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